For the equation 4x + 6 = -10
Operations to undo. What it makes the equation look like.
| What happened to the variable |
what it makes the expression look like |
| x multiplied by 4 |
4x |
| 6 added to the product |
4x+6 |
| So we need to undo these 2 operations to find x. |
| Undo "add 6" by subtracting 6 |
4x =-16 |
| Undo "multiply by 4" by dividing by 4 |
x =-4 |
| So by undoing the operations, we have found the |
value of x. |